[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

imperfect \imper"fect\ i^mp~er"fe^kt, n. gram.
   the imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the
   imperfect tense.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

imperfect \imper"fect\, v. t.
   to make imperfect. obs.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

imperfect \imper"fect\, a. l. imperfectus: pref. im- not +
   perfectus perfect: cf. f imparfait, whence oe. imparfit. see
   perfect.
   1. not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a
      part; deective; deficient.
      1913 webster

            something he left imperfect in the state. --shak.
      1913 webster

            why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to
      successful or normal activity.
      1913 webster

            he . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,
            imperfect person.                     --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   3. not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not
      conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste
      or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
      1913 webster

            nothing imperfect or deficient left
            of all that he created.               --milton.
      1913 webster

            then say not man's imperfect, heaven in fault;
            say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --pope.
      1913 webster

   imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew
      arch.

   imperfect cadence mus., one not ending with the tonic,
      but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving
      complete rest; a half close.

   imperfect consonances mus., chords like the third and
      sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the
      fifth and forth.

   imperfect flower bot., a flower wanting either stamens or
      pistils. --gray.

   imperfect interval mus., one a semitone less than
      perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.

   imperfect number math., a number either greater or less
      than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,
      it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an
      abundant number.

   imperfect obligations law, obligations as of charity or
      gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.

   imperfect power math., a number which can not be produced
      by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a
      factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,
      9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.

   imperfect tense gram., a tense expressing past time and
      incomplete action.
      1913 webster
see also:
perfect imperfect arch imperfect cadence imperfect consonances imperfect flower imperfect interval 
imperfect number defective number abundant number imperfect obligations imperfect power 
imperfect tense 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

preterimperfect \pre`terimper"fect\, a.  n. pref. preter- +
   imperfect. gram.
   old name of the tense also called imperfect.
   1913 webster
see also:
imperfect 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

imperfect
     adj 1: not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect
            understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect
            mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect" ant: perfect
     2: having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine
        beings; "i'm only human"; "frail humanity" syn: fallible,
         frail, weak
     n : a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going
         syn: progressive, progressive tense, imperfect
         tense, continuous tense
see also:
perfect fallible frail weak progressive progressive tense 
imperfect tense continuous tense 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

113 moby thesaurus words for "imperfect":
   adulterated, aggravated, amiss, aorist, base, blemished, broken,
   burned, burst, busted, checked, chipped, cracked, crazed, cut,
   damaged, defective, deficient, deteriorated, durative, embittered,
   erroneous, exacerbated, failing, fallible, faulty, flawed,
   found wanting, future, future perfect, harmed, historical present,
   hurt, immature, impaired, imprecise, impure, in bits, in pieces,
   in shards, inaccurate, inadequate, incompetent, incomplete,
   inexact, injured, insufficient, irritated, lacerated, lacking,
   little, makeshift, maladroit, mangled, mean, mediocre, mixed,
   mutilated, not comparable, not enough, not in it, not perfect, off,
   out of it, partial, past, past perfect, patchy, perfect, petty,
   pluperfect, point tense, present, present perfect, preterit,
   progressive tense, rent, ruptured, scalded, scorched, shabby,
   shattered, short, sick, sketchy, slashed, slit, small, smashed,
   split, sprung, tense, the worse for, too little, torn, trivial,
   undeveloped, unequal to, uneven, unfinished, unperfected,
   unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying, unskillful, unsound,
   unsufficing, unthorough, wanting, weakened, worse, worse off,
   worsened

[7] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

imperfect. that which is incomplete. 
     2. this term is applied to rights and obligations. a man has a right to 
be relieved by his fellow-creatures, when in distress; but this right he 
cannot enforce by law; hence it is called an imperfect right. on the other 
hand, we are bound to be grateful for favors received, but we cannot be 
compelled to perform such imperfect obligations. vide poth. ob. arc. 
preliminaire; vattel, dr. des gens, prel. notes, sec. 17; and obligations. 

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